Built beginning in 1963 in a modernist style. Campus master plan by architects Stanfield, Imel & Walton but most of the buildings were designed by Tulsa architect Frank Wallace.
My understanding is that Koch himself added the Mansard style roof to the building. It is worth noting that he was known as a firm believer in progress and the Conantum community that he designed and founded in Concord, MA has a long and early tradition of owner additions and...
While it does appear that the small wing to the right of the external staircase was expanded somewhat this house looks pretty close to it's original design: http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Smith_House.
"The Shot Heard Round the World" actually refers to the first shot at the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA and not to the first shot (which occurred earlier on the same day) at Lexington Green in Lexington, MA.
This had been on display for as long as I was aware of the DeCordova Sculpture Park (20 or so years) but as of at least 8/19/11 it is no longer on display.
The Modernist Gardens by Fletcher Steele and Henry Hoover are very unique and worth a visit all on their own with the world-famous Blue Steps of particular interest.
This glass box on top of a stone platform was / is the main house. The Gallipoli project would have added the mud hut looking clusters to this existing house (living areas in the glass box, bedrooms / utilities in the stone platform below), apparently with underground passages that would connect them all.
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I don't see any info on who the Famous Architect of this house is? Info welcome.
Thanks,
Zach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts_University#Futuristic_architecture.
http://unusual-architecture.com/conch-shell-house-isla-mujeres-mexico/
My understanding is that Koch himself added the Mansard style roof to the building. It is worth noting that he was known as a firm believer in progress and the Conantum community that he designed and founded in Concord, MA has a long and early tradition of owner additions and...
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library
http://www.monolithic.com/stories/the-eye-of-the-storm.
http://blog.preservationnation.org/2011/05/10/a-modernist-masterpiece-at-grave-risk-in-new-orleans/.
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See http://www.nps.gov/mima/forteachers/the-shot-heard-round-the-world.htm.
http://maps.google.com/?ll=32.752651,-96.85291&spn=0.00383,0.008256&t=k&z=18
"H.B. Woolf" should read "H.B. Woolff".
http://architecture.about.com/library/bltrubekwislocki.htm.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Faneuil_Hall_Marketplace.html.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Trubek_House.html.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Venturi.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/New_England_Aquarium.html.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Berkshire_Music_Shed.html.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eero_Saarinen.
And the start of construction for Peacock Farm needs to be amended further back to 1951.
It was built in 1950.
Toshiko Mori raised it up onto pilotis and likely renovated the interior.
For search purposes it would be good if the title could be changed to "Lou Scheimer's House by Raymond Kappe".
For search clarity it might be good to change the title to "Stahl House / Case Study House #22 by Pierre Koenig".
Other than HVAC ducts added to the roof, the garage and house appear to be little changed from their as built exterior appearance.